Glax reacted in the worst possible way.
He pushed the creature with a jerk, and the little girl landed butt-down on the floor, stunned. Alexandre, also taken by surprise, pointed his menacing saw at the child.
The girl, or rather the infernal dryad, saw the saw spinning at centimeters of her face, and screamed.
A high-pitched, piercing scream that seemed to freeze time and echoed across the forest.
Then the sacred tree leaves flew from the branches, and possessed by a sudden and unnatural whirlwind, swarmed towards the three men.
As soon as the first of the little leaves touched his skin with a sharp cut, Glax felt an unbearable burning. He was sure he would die of an allergy reaction in a matter of minutes!
Glax didn't have a good impression of how it was going to end, and he forced time back, changing the only thing he could _ his own reaction.
The girl had just looked up at him.
